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When Not To Quit Something You Love: How Discipline Saved Both My Careers

Posted on: August 13, 2019November 7, 2024
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Passion, Talent, and Your Choice of Profession: Some Thoughts on Majoring in Music

Posted on: June 27, 2019November 7, 2024
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Does Motivation Matter? Further Thoughts on Choosing to Practice

Posted on: January 29, 2018November 7, 2024
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365 Days: My Practicing Odyssey of 2017

Posted on: January 19, 2018November 7, 2024
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Contacting Established Professionals (go ahead, send that email)

Posted on: November 23, 2013November 7, 2024

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When Not To Quit Something You Love: How Discipline Saved Both My Careers

Posted on: August 13, 2019November 7, 2024

Passion, Talent, and Your Choice of Profession: Some Thoughts on Majoring in Music

Posted on: June 27, 2019November 7, 2024

Does Motivation Matter? Further Thoughts on Choosing to Practice

Posted on: January 29, 2018November 7, 2024

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When Not To Quit Something You Love: How Discipline Saved Both My Careers

Posted on: August 13, 2019November 7, 2024

Passion, Talent, and Your Choice of Profession: Some Thoughts on Majoring in Music

Posted on: June 27, 2019November 7, 2024

Does Motivation Matter? Further Thoughts on Choosing to Practice

Posted on: January 29, 2018November 7, 2024
When Not To Quit Something You Love: How Discipline Saved Both My Careers
Career Guidance - Personal Growth

When Not To Quit Something You Love: How Discipline Saved Both My Careers

I believe my students when they tell me they are “passionate” about music (or teaching). I myself am acquainted with passion, which has shaped my experience in manifold ways. At […]

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Passion, Talent, and Your Choice of Profession: Some Thoughts on Majoring in Music
Career Guidance

Passion, Talent, and Your Choice of Profession: Some Thoughts on Majoring in Music

In modern American culture, we tend to believe that we reach the apex of professional success when our work achieves a balance between financial profitability and personal meaning. And why […]

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Does Motivation Matter? Further Thoughts on Choosing to Practice
Personal Growth

Does Motivation Matter? Further Thoughts on Choosing to Practice

I recently posted a fairly transparent account of my decision to practice for 365 consecutive days in 2017. Shortly thereafter, a thread on social media brought up the following counter-argument: […]

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365 Days: My Practicing Odyssey of 2017
Personal Growth

365 Days: My Practicing Odyssey of 2017

Last January, I committed to 365 consecutive days of practice. By announcing this fact, I am of course also confessing to an uncomfortable truth: I am a professional trumpet player, […]

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Contacting Established Professionals (go ahead, send that email)
Career Guidance

Contacting Established Professionals (go ahead, send that email)

When I was in college I had a colleague who wanted to play a relatively unknown, unpublished piece by a relatively well-known living composer. She emailed him, asking how she […]

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To Teach or Not to Teach: Is This Really the Right Question?
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To Teach or Not to Teach: Is This Really the Right Question?

In teaching college trumpet, I find that the following question arises often: “Should I major in music education?” Coming from my college students, this question usually means one of two […]

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Gold is always guarded by a dragon.

– Steven Pressfield

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